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Solar flares imaged during the August 21 total solar eclipse from Hartville, Wyoming by Bill Dickinson

Our next monthly meeting will be on Tuesday, October 10, 7:30 PM at the Science Museum of Virginia. John Boyer, Meteorologist with the Richmond Times-Dispatch will present on the effects of weather and light pollution on astronomical viewing and imaging.

Please join us for the meeting and, if you can, for dinner at Chicken Fiesta across the street from the Museum about 6:00 PM.

Many thanks to all who helped out with Astronomy Day at the Science Museum of Virginia and at Belmead on the James. Everyone did a great job – thanks for all the good work!

Also please join us for our next monthly meeting on June 12 at 7:30 PM at the Science Museum of Virginia and for dinner and casual conversation before the meeting at Arby’s across the street from the Museum.

And please join us at the Science Museum of Virginia on June 5 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM to view a rare transit of the planet Venus across the sun through properly filtered telescopes.

The next meeting of the Richmond Astronomical Society will be held at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, September 14 at the Science Museum of Virginia in the Eureka Theater. Jeff Pike will be presenting on “Dark Flow.”

Thanks to Randy Tatum for this recent image of Jupiter showing the great red spot and diminished southern equatorial belt (south is up in this image).

Don’t forget to check on the progress of Sydney’s Telescope. She is moving along with her project!

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Solar Eclipse 2017

The big event of 2017 is going to be a total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. It’s the first total solar eclipse visible from the continental United States in nearly four decades. But, it’s only going to be visible in certain locations. the web sitespace.com has a very nice video of where you’ll be able to see it.

For us Virginians, that means travel to Tennessee, far western N. Carolina, or S. Carolina.